{"product_id":"a-companion-to-nordic-cinema-isbn-9781118475256","title":"A Companion to Nordic Cinema","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Nordic Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e presents a collection of original essays that explore one of the world’s oldest regional cinemas from its origins to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a comprehensive, transnational and regional account of Nordic cinema from its origins to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures original contributions from more than two dozen international film scholars based in the Nordic countries, the United States, Canada, Scotland, and Hong Kong\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a wide range of topics on the distinctive evolution of Nordic cinema including the silent Golden Age, Nordic film policy models and their influence, audiences and cinephilia, Nordic film training, and indigenous Sámi cinema.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders Nordic cinema’s engagement with global audiences through coverage of such topics as Dogme 95, the avant-garde filmmaking movement begun by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, and the global marketing and distribution of Nordic horror and Nordic noir\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers fresh investigations of the work of global auteurs such as Carl Th. Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman, Lars von Trier, Aki Kaurismäki, and Roy Andersson.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes essays on Danish and Swedish television dramas, Finland’s eco-documentary film production, the emerging tradition of Icelandic cinema, the changing dynamics of Scandinavian porn, and many more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Nordic Cinema: Breaking New Waves since the Dawn of Film 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMette Hjort and Ursula Lindqvist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I States of Cinema: Nordic Film Policy 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMette Hjort and Ursula Lindqvist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Regional and Global Dimensions of Danish Film Culture and Film Policy 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIb Bondebjerg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Developing a Bhutanese Film Sector in the Intersection between Gross National Happiness and Danish Guidance 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNis Grøn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cinema in the Welfare State: Notes on Public Support, Regional Film Funds, and Swedish Film Policy 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlof Hedling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “Education, Enlightenment, and General Propaganda”: Dansk Kulturfilm and Carl Th. Dreyer’s Short Films 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eC. Claire Thomson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Making Filmmakers: Models and Values 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMette Hjort and Ursula Lindqvist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 How to Train a Director—Film Schools in the Nordic Countries 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAstrid Söderbergh Widding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Non-Fiction Film Culture in Sweden circa 1920–1960: Pragmatic Governance and Consensual Solidarity in a Welfare State 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMats Jönsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Crossing Borders: Going Transnational with “Danish” Film Training, Capacity Building, and Talent Development 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMette Hjort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Reeling ’Em In: Spectatorship and Cinephilia 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrsula Lindqvist and Mette Hjort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Rise and Fall of Norwegian Municipal Cinemas 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOve Solum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The “Capital of Scandinavia?” Imaginary Cityscapes and the Art of Creating an Appetite for Nordic Cinematic Spaces 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaaret Koskinen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Jörn Donner and the Emergence of a New Film Culture in Postwar Scandinavia 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimmo Laine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Formation of a Cinema Audience in Sweden, 1915–1929 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTommy Gustafsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Reinventing the Reel: Transitions and Triumphs 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrsula Lindqvist and Mette Hjort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Searching for Art’s Promised Land: Nordic Silent Cinema and the Swedish Example 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasper Tybjerg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Aki Kaurismäki—From Punk to Social Democracy 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Nestingen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Swedish Cinema of the 1940s, a New Wave 313\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFredrik Gustafsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Between Art and Genre: New Nordic Horror Cinema 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGunnar Iversen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 A Tradition of Torturing Women 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Haverty Rugg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Connecting Points: Global Intersections 371\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 373\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMette Hjort and Ursula Lindqvist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Memories of Cultural Dismemberment: Nils Gaup, Mons Somby, and the Re]Membering of Sámi History 377\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWendy Gay Pearson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Scandinavian Colonies of Silent]Era Hollywood 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArne Lunde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Films into Uniform: Dogme 95 and the Last New Wave 417\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott MacKenzie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Nordic Remakes in Hollywood: Reconfiguring Originals and Copies 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Westerståhl Stenport\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Global Distribution of Swedish Silent Film 457\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Horak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI The Eye of Industry: Practitioner’s Agency 485\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 487\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrsula Lindqvist and Mette Hjort\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Writing of Television Drama: Issues of Creative Collaboration and Authorship in Danish Writers’ Rooms 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEva Novrup Redvall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Universal Aspirations and Ecocosmopolitan Rhetoric: The Finnish Ecodocumentary 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePietari Kääpä\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Emergence of a Tradition in Icelandic Cinema: From Children of Nature to Volcano 529\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBjörn Nordfjörd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Art of Not Telling Stories in Nordic Fiction Films 547\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrsula Lindqvist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Death of Porn? An Autopsy of “Scandinavian Sin” in the Twenty]first Century 566\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMariah Larsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 589\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 591\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMette Hjort\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Affiliate Professor of Visual Studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, China, and Affiliate Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Strategy of Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmall Nation, Global Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLone Scherfig\u0026amp;'s ‘Italian for Beginners'\u003c\/i\u003e, and a series of interview books: \u003ci\u003eThe Danish Directors\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ib Bondebjerg, 2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Danish Directors 2\u003c\/i\u003e (with Eva Jørholt and Eva Novrup Redvall, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eThe Danish Directors 3\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ib Bondebjerg and Eva Novrup Redvall, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrsula Lindqvist\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Scandinavian Studies and Film and Media Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRoy Andersson's \u003c\/i\u003eSongs from the Second Floor\u003ci\u003e: Contemplating the Art of Existence\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor, with Jenny Björklund, of \u003ci\u003eNew Dimensions of Diversity in Nordic Culture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e. Her articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePMLA, Modernism\/Modernity, Space and Culture: International Journal of Social Spaces, African and Black Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e, and a special issue of \u003ci\u003eScandinavian-Canadian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e devoted to Nordic cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Companion to Nordic Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e encompasses original contributions by twenty-six Nordic and international film scholars, writing from the Nordic region as well as the United States, Canada, Scotland, and Hong Kong. The volume offers a transnational approach to one of the world’s earliest and oldest film-producing regions. Focusing on issues that cut across the region—film policy, film education, cinephilia, innovation, global connections, and practitioner's agency—authors bring the creativity and contributions of the Nordic cinema’s practitioners, films, and film cultures into sharp relief. \u003ci\u003eThe Companion\u003c\/i\u003e provides a variety of paths through the complex history of Nordic cinematic traditions, tracing compelling links between well-known names and titles and the forms of personal and institutional creativity that facilitated their very emergence and success. Together, the chapters provide the distinctive historical, cultural, and political contexts that account for Nordic cinema’s striking successes since the dawn of the medium. At the same time, they clearly show that the Nordic region’s filmmaking milieus are deeply transnational and fully engaged with global cinematic flows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a comprehensive, transnational and regional account of Nordic cinema from its origins to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures original contributions from more than two dozen international film scholars based in the Nordic countries, the United States, Canada, Scotland, and Hong Kong\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a wide range of topics on the distinctive evolution of Nordic cinema including the silent Golden Age, Nordic film policy models and their influence, audiences and cinephilia, Nordic film training, and indigenous Sámi cinema.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders Nordic cinema’s engagement with global audiences through coverage of such topics as Dogme 95, the avant-garde filmmaking movement begun by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, and the global marketing and distribution of Nordic horror and Nordic noir\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers fresh investigations of the work of global auteurs such as Carl Th. 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